Chad: The Great Toyota War

Largely forgotten amid the world's more pressing conflicts is the civil
war in the central African nation of Chad. In the nine months since
France sent 3,000 troops to back the government of President Hissene
Habre against Libyan-supported rebels, the two sides have been largely
deadlocked. But the fighting goes on: two weeks ago nine French
paratroopers were killed on a road in northeastern Chad. TIME Nairobi
Bureau Chief James Wilde spent ten days with the Chad army, traveling
by Land-Rover from the capital city of N'Djamena to Sahara...